Thursday, October 30, 2008

~High-Tech Nursing~

The article high tech nursing is about nurses that use technology. The nurses use different kinds of high-tech devices that will help their patients. There are a lot of different kinds of electronics that they use like pulse oximeter which helps measures the oxygen level. This device clamps on the end of the patients finger.
Nursing is a very difficult thing to accomplish because if you think that all you do is help the patient. Think again. It is a lot of work to be a nurse you have to help the doctors if their in surgery and make sure the patient is okay, etc.
Also the nurse has to deliver the right amount of medicine and the right amount of fluids that the patient needs. There are a lot of things that nurses have to do in order to help the patients and doctor they need to go to school for 4 years or more and they have to know the different kinds of medicines that there are.
Nurses practice life saving care using a critical decision a device that they use in the medical room. Nurses today use video game technology to help them take care of their patients.

Monday, October 27, 2008

~Making Scents~

Hannah Follis is a chemist that likes to create candles that are colored and that are scented. She likes to try new products at her home.
Getting a Nose in the Door- Hannah had first been interested in scented candles in high school when she had biology class. She went to college at the University of Minnesota. She majored in biology and minored in chemistry. Her course of study would to be a chemist researcher.
Masterful Scents- When Hannah is making candles she uses essential oils from fruits, flower, bark, or leaves and mixes them together with other chemicals to make the fragrance. She uses perfumers and platforms to create her candles. When she creates a candle she uses samples of fragrance, color, wax, container, and the appearance of the candle. She measures the abilities of the candles by putting them under different lights and different temperatures. If the candle doesn’t perform right she adds more or different chemicals. She uses different combinations that she thinks are possible and uses them fore a candle scent. She uses different kinds of fruit like coconut, milk mango, etc. These are some of the different scents that she likes to use. She likes to put different kinds of scents together to make a different scent.

Friday, October 24, 2008

~Everywhere A Sign~

There are different types of people in the world. There are some that deaf, some that speak. The people that can’t hear and can’t speak they use sign language to help them talk to other people. These people are very talented because they can use different signs like with their hand. In this article there is a woman by the name of Ruth Murphy, she wants to find the meaning of the American Sign Language. While Murphy does the sign language her hands, arms, and shoulders help explain the thought and imagine of the person as she is showing the thought and imagine she spells out the word using her hand.
· Millions of Assignments Daily-in America there are twenty-eight million Americans that are deaf and that can’t speak. Ten percent of America’s populations are People that are deaf and that can’t speak.
· Sharpening Skills- Murphy likes to help kids that are deaf by teaching them how to use sign language. Most of the people who wanted to be sign language interpreters they took college-level classes then they were tested to become certified to teach. If you want to be a professional sign language interpreter it can lead you into many directions in your career.
· Pluses and Minuses- The people who help people that use sign language have a hard time to help them meet other people. Also it is hard for them to help them be social with other people. Language specialists in 2007 made $76,000, just for help people that are deaf, and that can’t speak.
· Minding Your Language- You can take American Sign Language as a language for one of your classes in high school or as a college credit. This is a good way to learn a different language instead of Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, etc.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

~Lights, Camera, Internet Hookup~

Doug Cheney is a producer that likes to produce films. When he shot his first movie he was 8 yrs old. For his movie he used his action figures as the characters for the movie. Twenty-four years later he is now producing films that are at least 90 minutes long.
Beyond YouTube- The Internet offer different choices for beginning to show a particular talent that you may have like writers, actors, etc. Cheney’s first Internet film was called Sam has 7 friends. Sam has 7 Friends was different then the other YouTube shows. The Internet is mostly for entertainment.
Tell a story. Make it Snappy- You have to keep your audience entertained and to keep them interested in your work of art. When you are making a movie you have to make it a fast show like 90 minutes. The more they are interested in the more they will be watching the show.
Set the Course- When you set the course you have to stay on the course so you can be successful. As for Doug Cheney he wanted to be a movie maker when he was 8 yrs old now he is making movies at the age of 32.

Friday, October 17, 2008

Proceed with Caution

There are different mistakes in career planning. You don’t want to make mistakes that will waste your time and sidetrack your plans for the future. Make sure you don’t get into your own way. Here are some missteps that happen when planning a career plan.


  1. Saying “I can’t” is one of the biggest mistakes that any student can make. It is taking for granted that a prospective career path is beyond reach. You can always do something as long as you set your mind on it and if you are will to work had for it! While you are in high school and college it is a good ideal to try out new subjects.

  2. Getting dollar signs in your eyes. When you are thinking about the possible career, salary should be one of the main things that you really consider. The salary now is so high you might be thinking about getting a different career path then your dreams so you can have enough money for your career.

  3. Doing what your parents expect-or what you think they expect. You should respect your parents’ opinions and listen to their opinions. Your parents are just trying to look out for you also they might just want you to be successful. Sometimes your parents expect too much from you. As for me my parents expect me to play college sports and they also want me to be successful in the career that I’m going to pursue in.

  4. Assuming a job won’t be useful in building experience. Be open to all work experiences. At this point in your life, you’ll learn more about what you want by figuring out what you don’t want in a career plan. Don’t worry if the experience has little to do with your goals.

  5. Going it alone. Family members, teachers, coaches, etc. can help you provide career guidance or help you in different ways like confidence, encouragement. The more they give you help, confidence, encouragement you might have a good career that you will like.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

~Up In Arms~

I think that teachers should not carry guns, because the students might be scared to go to class. The teacher might shoot a student on accident if the teacher does not know how to us a gun. Also some teachers might have some problems, which they might be angry, furious and might shoot a student. I think that teachers should carry guns only for emergencies, like a shoot out or a kidnap!!!

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

~Wall Street Blues~

On September 15, Lehman Brothers, one of the largest investment banks had announced that they have lost so much money, peoples' bad loans. The same day the U.S stock market had fell 504 points, also investors began to pull out their money from the bank. A few days after, two other major banks said that they were losing so much money too. Henry Paulson, U.S Treasury Secretary, proposed a $700 billion bailout of U.S banks and other companies that were struggling in financing a large organization.
The U.S economy got out of hand, because people wanted to buy a home that they couldn't afford, so banks had found a way to let them buy the home they wanted by creating a home loan called subprime mortgages. People who already had subprime mortgages had small monthly pay, but over the time their bill had been rising. When the home owners finely realized they couldn't afford to pay their mortgages they stopped paying. So the banks had to pay it themselves.
Henry Paulson had asked the Federal Government to give him $700 billion to help bailout the banks that were having trouble with loaning out the money. He said he would use the money to buy the bad loans back, and then then let the borrowers to get repaid. With all the bad loans gone, banks would be able to get back to business and give out more money freely and the United States can get back into business.